original description
Srisonchai, R.; Enghoff, H.; Likhitrakarn, N.; Panha, S. (2018). A revision of dragon millipedes IV: the new genus Spinaxytes, with the description of nine new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 797: 19-69., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/29510/ [details] Available for editors 
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Etymology The name is a noun in apposition; from the Latin ‘spina’, referring to the spine-like paraterga of all constituent species; ‘–xytes’ ensures harmony with Desmoxytes (and its synonym ‘Pteroxytes’). [details]